How grounded are you?

How grounded are you? How easily do you feel knocked off balance by the ups and downs of life?

If your answers are along the lines of “not very” and “easily” then you need to develop your roots!

And if, like me, you’re highly sensitive you’re going to be picking up on everyone else’s energy and their ups and downs, which, added to your own can lead to storms of emotions up-rooting you on a daily basis {…ah I love a good tree metaphor}.

But what do I mean by grounded?

It’s as simple as feeling your bum on the chair seat and your feet on the ground.

Feeling present. Noticing the sounds around you; the temperature of the air on your skin; the quality of light.

FEEL grounded

And I choose the word “feeling” purposefully. It really is a felt sense of inhabiting your body and feeling present. It’s not a state you can think yourself into (though meditating on it helps).

When we’re ungrounded we tend to be disconnected from physical sensations as we’re preoccupied by thoughts about the past or future; we’re not HERE. You might feel heavy and full of dread or lose any sense of your body as your mind whirls around like a tornado.

To ground we need to develop roots: get back in touch with here and now.

So, how do you develop roots?

I find the most effective way is to get in touch with my body – specifically my legs and my feet.

Slow down. Breathe. Feel.

March on the spot (a great way to stamp out irritation if someone or something has got under skin of late!)

Bend and straighten your legs 5-10 times.

Throw off your shoes and get barefoot on the floor or, even better, on grass.

Then get still. Sink into this moment with a delicious “aaah and relax”.

Try this simple grounding technique

Feel the strong earth beneath you (barefoot is optional!)

Stand up consciously and really FEEL the strong muscles in your legs and the contact through the soles of your feet with the strong, solid earth beneath you.

OR sit on a chair or the floor and feel where your body is in contact with something and let yourself receive that support – no effort.

Form the Earth Mudra (ring finger tip to thumb tip) and relax your hands to your sides or into your lap.

Know you can let go of physical tension and emotional turmoil down into the earth.

Breathe deeply and let it all go.

Surrender to the safe space of this moment.

Affirm: I am grounded, safe and secure. I CHOOSE to feel grounded, safe and secure.

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Thank you Diane so lovely to hear you’re enjoying them. If you’re on Facebook and join my group I share videos on there – the nearest you’d get to being in one of my classes! I’m currently sharing a video series called “Breathe into Emotional Balance” but have other videos of yoga & meditation planned too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifeinalignment